The Hawke's Bay Regional Council staff member who died in a workplace accident in Central Hawke's Bay on Friday night can now be named.
He was 44-year-old Michael Francis Taylor of Hastings. Mr Taylor died after his vehicle left a rural farm track and rolled on a worksite on Tukituki Rd in Ashley, Clinton.
The alarm was raised on Friday night when Mr Taylor had not returned to work and his vehicle tracker was not moving.
Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairman Rex Graham said the council community was in shock and would be gathering tomorrow morning.
Mr Graham, who had personally extended his condolences to the family, said Mr Taylor was happily married and had two young children.